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Edward Bishop Dudley (1789-1855) —
also known as Edward B. Dudley —
of New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born near Jacksonville, Onslow
County, N.C., December
15, 1789.
Whig. Shipbuilder;
planter;
member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1811-13, 1816-17, 1834-35; member of
North
Carolina state senate, 1814; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1829-31; Governor of
North Carolina, 1836-41; organizer and president, Wilmington
& Weldon Railroad.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., October
30, 1855 (age 65 years, 319
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
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Thomas Settle (1831-1888) —
of Rockingham
County, N.C.
Born in Rockingham
County, N.C., January
23, 1831.
Son of Thomas
Settle (1789-1857).
Member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1854-59; delegate
to North Carolina secession convention, 1861; served in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to
North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1865; member of
North
Carolina state senate, 1866-68; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1868-71; U.S. Minister to Peru, 1871; candidate for Governor of
North Carolina, 1876; U.S.
District Judge for Florida, 1877.
Died December
1, 1888 (age 57 years, 313
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
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George Davis (1820-1896) —
of Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C.
Born in Porter's Neck, Pender
County, N.C., March 1,
1820.
Lawyer;
Delegate
from North Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress,
1861-62; Senator
from North Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64; Confederate
Attorney General, 1864-65.
Episcopalian.
At the end of the Civil War, with other Confederate
officials, attempted
to flee overseas, but turned
himself in at Key West, Fla.; spent several months in prison at
Fort Hamilton; pardoned
in 1866.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., February
23, 1896 (age 75 years, 359
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery; statue at Third
and Market Streets.
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Alton Asa Lennon (1906-1986) —
of Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C.
Born in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., August
17, 1906.
Son of Rosser Yates Lennon and Minnie (High) Lennon.
Democrat. Lawyer;
recorder's court judge in North Carolina, 1934-42; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1947, 1951; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1953-54; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 7th District, 1957-73.
Baptist.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Moose.
Died December
28, 1986 (age 80 years, 133
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
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Platt Dickinson Walker (1849-1923) —
also known as Platt D. Walker —
of Rockingham, Richmond
County, N.C.; Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., October
25, 1849.
Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Richmond County,
1874-75; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1903-23; died in office 1923.
Episcopalian.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., May 22,
1923 (age 73 years, 209
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
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Alfred Moore Waddell (1834-1912) —
also known as Alfred M. Waddell —
of Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C.
Born in Hillsborough, Orange
County, N.C., September
16, 1834.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 3rd District, 1871-79;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1880,
1896;
mayor
of Wilmington, N.C., 1898-1904.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., March 17,
1912 (age 77 years, 183
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
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James Owen (1784-1865) —
of North Carolina.
Born in North Carolina, 1784.
Democrat. Member of North Carolina state legislature; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1817-19.
Died in 1865
(age about
81 years).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
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Thomas Settle (1865-1919) —
of Reidsville, Rockingham
County, N.C.; Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C.
Born near Wentworth, Rockingham
County, N.C., March 10,
1865.
Son of Thomas
Settle (1831-1888).
Republican. U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1893-97;
delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1904,
1916;
candidate for Governor of
North Carolina, 1912.
Died in 1919
(age about
54 years).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
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John Dillard Bellamy (1854-1942) —
also known as John D. Bellamy —
of Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C.
Born in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., March 24,
1854.
Democrat. Member of North
Carolina state senate, 1891; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Carolina, 1892,
1908,
1920;
U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 6th District, 1899-1903.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., September
25, 1942 (age 88 years, 185
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
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William B. Cooper —
of Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C.
Lieutenant
Governor of North Carolina, 1921-25.
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
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Marsden Bellamy (1878-1968) —
of Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C.
Born in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., December
4, 1878.
Son of Marsden Bellamy (1843-1909) and Harriet (Harllee) Bellamy
(1846-1924).
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state senate 10th District, 1913.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Junior
Order; Redmen; Elks.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., March 20,
1968 (age 89 years, 107
days).
Interment at Oakdale Cemetery.
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